What is the Quintessential 80's Song?
 

Everybody has one song which = 80's. We aren't talking about your favorite 80's songs at all. Just which songs are the best barometers of the 80's music scene

I have 2.

-the first one is Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears---screams 80's everytime I hear it

-second is Take on Me by Aha---you have not only the song but the video which goes along with it


Honorable mention- Jesse's Girl, and Livin on a prayer

come on Eileen--dexy's midnight runners

used to have jesse's girl as the ringtone on my phone...love that song.

I know Im not the only guy in here that used to love it when the Whitesnake video from "Here I Go Again" would come on MTV....I swear that chick dancing on the car was staring at me the whole time through that video....:o :o

prolly the enduring 80's song would be one of the MANY annoying tunes by Madonna... material girl or like a virgin...

or cyndi lauper before she stopped letting the record company tell her what to record....

Wake me up before you go go???

You know Cyndi Lauper was a hotwalker at Belmont before her career tookoff?

Tawny Kitaen, got arrested for beating up MLB pitcher Chuck Finley. You know the sound guy for the White Sox actually got fired because he played that Whitesnake song when Chuck Finley went to take the mound for the Indians in Chicago shortly after the arrest? Talk about the management not having a sense of humor.

yup...you know she can't swim?

no ****...wow.

I think the 1980's might also be the last time I listened to an entire rap album. That is when it was good and you could understand them....

now where is that Heavy D and The Boys tape when I need it????:D

"Who can it be now"

Men at Work

or the other one....what was it called? I come from the land down under?

I think it was called "Down Under"

you could choose a great many from Def Leopard as well...

let's not forget a personal favorite of mine...and included on almost any best list regardless of topic...'with or without you'

You best not be intending that sarcastically. GR loves me some Leppard.

My dad can't swim either. That's just scary when you think of it. But there was a backstory where his sister basically threw him into the water at the beach when he was a baby and so he never learned to swim.

Favorite Def Leopard Song

Photograph/Animal

see....I knew I loved you for a reason....

sorry Todd....:o

Any of the Monster Ballads like Skid Row's "I Remember You"

george carlin says that swimming isn't a sport swimming is a way to keep from drowning...I guess I never understood what was so hard about keeping one's head above water:confused: ...
I actually don't know if she can swim...but I was told by one of her neighbors (girl I knew in college) that she couldn't.

"Melt With You" would be my choice, but I'll add onto the list:

(so with you with "Come on Eileen," Bethani)

"Tempted"

"Save a Prayer" (not the most famous Duran Duran, but I think the best one)

"Born in the USA"

Oh! Oh! And "In a Big Country." LOVE that song!

Anything by the author formally known as PRINCE

1987 "Hysteria"......second greatest album ever behind Guns and Roses "Appetite for Destruction"

"ehh....sexy mother f*cker...."


LOVE THAT SONG

This is an open and shut case:


#1. Modern English: I'll Melt With You

Period.. Utterly timeless. Still as fresh 20+ years later. A song I NEVER get tired of hearing.

The rest of a Top 10..

Depeche Mode: EVERYTHING..
The Cure: Nearly EVERYTHING..
Men at Work: Who Can It Be Now?
Fine Young Cannibals: She Drives Me Crazy
Flock of Seagulls: I Ran
Katrina and the Waves: Walking on Sunshine
Midnight Oil: Beds are Burning
The Divnyls: I Touch Myself
Bananarama: Cruel Summer/Venus

Raspberry Beret

:D :D This and "I'm Too Sexy" has to go down as the funniest songs not written by Weird Al

"Money for Nothing" Dire Straits

"Take Me Home Tonight" Eddie Money

"Tainted Love" Soft Cell

Cruel Summer I agree with. Men at Work as well. I have the Cure in my car right now.

I was gonna say that one but couldn't remember if it was actually from the 80's:o

Excellent choices. These all would be quintessential.

Eddie Money is the man.

journey...'faithfully'

I hate this song but is played almost everyday on a local station

"867-5309" forget the artist

These is from McSweeney.net, with a few ones my husband and I added:

P O S S I B L E F O L L O W - U P S O N G S
F O R O N E - H I T W O N D E R S (and a few not one-hit wonders).

BY JOHN MOE (with additions from GR and her hubby. We cut out most of the non-'80s ones, but they're funny so go see the list on mcsweeneys.net)

- - - -

Seriously, Eileen, Come On

(Won't You Give Me a Ride Home From) Funkytown?

I Will Now Pass the Dutchie Back to You and Thank You for Passing It to Me Originally Because I Really Enjoyed the Dutchie

Whoomp! There It Continues to Be

867-5309 extension 2

We Never Took It and Persist in Our Refusal to Take It

She Restored My Sight With Religion

Unfortunately She's Got Henny Youngman Nose

Just Checking In to Remind You Not to Forget About Me

I Got a Job Banging on the Drum All Day But Now I Don't Want to Do That Either

Working Through the Weekend (I Hate My Boss)

In the Absence of a New Drug I Will Settle for One of the Older Ones

On Second Thought, Amadeus, Enough With the Rockin'

Video Said the Radio Star Was Asking for It

J. Giles Band....."centerfold"

ohhhh, along those lines.....Chicago and Air Supply.

Always liked his songs for some reason

tommy tutone


tina turner...private dancer or what's love got to do with it...

genesis...in the air tonight

the police... every breath you take.

Outfield- I don't want to lose your love tonight